Start the New Year with a book form the Laurel Library. New books are on display on the bookshelves behind the library desk. Here are your librarian’s favorite new library books.

Crazy Busy: A (Mercifully) Short Book about a (Really) Big Problem
Do you feel stressed out because you are too busy? Kevin DeYoung offers dangers to avoid, diagnoses for this condition and one thing you must do.

C.S. Lewis by Alister McGrath
Falling into Place by Hattie Kaufman
He Walks Among Us by Richard Stearns
Good Call by Jase Robertson

Numb by John W. Otte
This book is an action packed futuristic adventure about a man attempting to overcome his past and prevail against the evil surrounding him.

Dear Mr. Knightley by Katherine Reay
In Dear Mr. Knightley Katherine Reay combines three of my favorite things: Jane Austen, adoption, and an engaging story. The author shows the metamorphosis of the protagonist from a socially awkward orphan who hides in literature to escape pain, to a daring young woman who has the confidence to attend graduate school, make friends, and find love.

The Princess Spy by Melanie Dickerson
I love Melanie Dickerson’s retelling of classic fairy tales from a Christian perspective. The Princess Spy is Dickerson’s version of The Frog Prince. In this variation the protagonist is a sheltered princess who must learn to stand up for herself and be resourceful in order to save her father’s kingdom from attack.